Big Mama

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I’m a hostage in my own home

Doodle, Motherhood

I am in day 3 of being under siege. Caroline has been sick and like all good germ carrying monkeys, she has spread her sore throat and congestion to her mama. There is really nothing less fun than being a mama with a cold.Remember in the pre-child days when being sick meant getting on the couch with a warm blanket and watching movies all day? Now being sick just means that I have to chase a Read More

Fall has arrived

Another day

The weather has finally cooled off and it's starting to feel like fall. Can y'all tell we're excited around here?We got home from our big weekend just a little while ago. We had a great time and I have so much to tell, but I need to get us settled in and maybe do some things like unpack and do some laundry. Read More

Ready for the party

Doodle, Road trips

I've noticed over the last few weeks that when I pick Caroline up from school she isn't in quite the same condition as when I drop her off in the morning. Inevitably, the pigtails with bows are gone and her hair is wild, clothes are usually stained by something of unknown substance and/or origin, and today she had her shoes on the wrong feet with one sock on and one sock off.I'm sending my girl to Read More

Project VCR

T.V. Love

Did you ever have someone that you thought was your friend, that you thought would stand by you no matter what and then they let you down? You had to come to the sad realization that they weren't perfect after all.This happened to me last night with my good friend DVR.I had spent the entire week looking forward to the Project Runway season finale (I never said that my life is filled with Read More

Rock a bye baby girl

Doodle

The other night I was getting Caroline ready for bed. I rubbed her down with lotion and then put a diaper on her. For just a moment, I looked at her little pot belly hanging out of that diaper and smelled that sweet lavender lotion that I've been putting on her since she was born, and I saw my baby again.At some point in the last year, the baby went away and was replaced by a delightful little Read More

What’s up duck?

Doodle

Since Halloween is almost upon us, I have to share a picture of Caroline dressed as a duck from 2 years ago.Be prepared that you might die from the cuteness. Read More

That’s amore’

T.V. Love

Every week I tell myself that I'm not going to discuss The Bachelor, but y'all it is just too good. I wasn't sure that tonight could possibly have anything more entertaining than last weeks' drunken debacle but then, oh then came Erica with her explanation of how "Agnes" understands her so well because Erica speaks English with an Italian accent.I am not lying when I say that I almost fell off my Read More

Just say no to drugs unless the offer is made by Mama

Doodle

Here are two things that came out of my mouth this past week that will leave y'all marveling at the depth of my parenting expertise.Tuesday night I was heating up leftover spaghetti for Caroline and she told me she didn't want spaghetti, she wanted pizza. This is exactly what I said, "Well this is spaghetti and it's the same thing as pizza". Except that it's you know, not.Both foods are however Read More

Where does my help come from?

Seriously

Some circumstances this week have made me take a hard, honest look at myself. You know, one of those times you look way down deep into the crevices where you keep things hidden because honestly, it can be a little ugly down there and sometimes it's easier to ignore.My cold, hard realization is that I am putting a huge amount of trust in myself. I am counting on my abilities, my charm, my Read More